My Story
Hi, I’m Sandro. A lifelong endurance athlete, Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, and coach to distance runners since 2013.
I’m here to help you become a faster runner from the 5K to the marathon.
My Story
Hi, I’m Sandro. A lifelong endurance athlete, Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, and coach to distance runners since 2013.
My Story
Hi, I am Sandro. I am a runner, founder of RunningFront, and an NSCA-CSCS-certified coach for distance runners since 2013.
Running has been part of my life since my teenage years. Over time it became more than a sport. It became part of my identity. Tuning my body for maximum performance has always driven me to learn everything there is to know about training.
Today, I coach competitive runners who aim for performance improvements from the 5K to the marathon.
Why I Coach Runners
Running does more than improve fitness. It builds discipline through consistent training, confidence through measurable progress, and a clear understanding of what long term effort can achieve.
Yet many runners spend years training hard without ever reaching their true potential.
My mission as a coach is to change that. I help runners train with intention, progress with purpose, and build sustainable performance around the demands of their lives.
What Athletes Can Expect From My Coaching
My role as a coach is not simply to assign workouts. It is to help you make better training decisions over time.
Progress comes from consistent training, thoughtful adjustments, and understanding how your body responds to stress and recovery. Every athlete I coach receives clear structure, honest feedback, and training that evolves as their fitness develops.
The goal is not only to prepare you for your next race but also to help you become a stronger runner over the long term.
Coaching Approach
My coaching philosophy is rooted in three core principles.
Purposeful Workouts
Every session is designed to target a specific physiological demand. Whether it is an easy run, tempo workout, long run, or interval session, each workout serves a clear purpose within the larger training plan.
Balanced Training Weeks
Consistent progress requires balancing stress and recovery. Training follows the hard easy principle and an 80/20 twenty intensity distribution so harder efforts drive adaptation and easy runs avoid accumulating unnecessary fatigue.
Progressive Periodization
Fitness develops in phases. Training evolves from general conditioning toward increasingly race-specific demands so that athletes peak at the right time for their A-races.
Applied together, these principles create training that produces not just short term results but sustainable progress year after year.
My Journey
My journey began at age 14 when I joined a local mountain bike club and discovered a love for endurance and speed
At 17 I moved into triathlon and road racing. I competed in Olympic distance triathlons, duathlons, 10K races, and half marathons. Like many ambitious athletes, I initially coached myself. I believed improvement simply required more effort.
Eventually that approach led to the same problems many runners experience. Fatigue, stalled progress, injuries, and frequent colds forced me to rethink how I trained.
I stepped away from endurance sports for a period and focused on strength training and Muay Thai. A shoulder injury eventually brought me back to running with a much deeper interest in the science of performance.
Applying structured training principles produced results beyond my expectations. Since then I have competed across the full spectrum of race distances from the 400m sprint to the marathon. That experience sparked a lasting fascination with the measurable and incremental nature of performance improvements in endurance sports.
Qualifications & Coaching Experience
I am an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist with a focus on running performance.
I stay current by studying both scientific research and the work of respected endurance coaches such as Renato Canova, Brad Hudson, Steve Magness, Jack Daniels, Arthur Lydiard, Tim Noakes, Matt Fitzgerald, and Pete Magill.
Since 2013 I have coached runners in person and remotely across several continents. Some of my 40+ masters athletes have achieved sub 16-minute 5Ks and sub 2:40-hour marathons on relatively little mileage.
Having lived abroad for more than fifteen years and traveled to over seventy countries, I bring perspective and understanding of the diverse challenges runners face when balancing training, work, and life.
Life Beyond Running
Running is central to my life but it does not define all of it.
Outside of training you will often find me traveling, exploring new places, reading, or spending time with family and friends. I believe fitness should enhance life rather than compete with it. That philosophy shapes how I approach coaching.
Training should help athletes pursue ambitious goals while maintaining balance and long term sustainability.
Let's Get Started
You do not have to figure everything out on your own.
Whether you are pursuing a specific performance goal or simply want more structured and purposeful training, I would be glad to learn about your background and help you determine the best path forward.
Sandro Sket, CSCS
Email: sandro@runningfront.com
I look forward to hearing from you.
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